Gridlock

Recent news articles have highlighted the alarming increase of presidential powers. In January 2016, the Supreme Court agreed to take up a case challenging the legitimacy of the executive actions by President Obama on immigration. Earlier this month, House Of Representatives Judiciary Committee established a task force to investigate the expansion in presidential power and executive overreach. The President is granted powers “he can exercise in his own right without formal legislative approval…

Unions throughout the world exhibit varying strengths and focuses. From the Swedish example of near total unionization in all industries, one sees the use of many unions negotiating to prevent gridlock and meet the needs of individuals. In Germany, a conservative system sees much less unionization, but very powerful unions on top set standardized rates for all industries below them. The United States sees weaker unions, incapable of full negotiating, primarily focusing on worker coordinated…

The writings from a few enlightenments had drastic impacts on the United States government. The constitution was formed around the ideas of Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. There were many similarities in the writings of these men that have been implicated into the foundation of U.S. starting government structure. Hobbes focused on having the people being protected by the government. He wanted to insure the commonwealth of the people and that the people wouldn’t betray each other. It…

of Congress and the Executive Office with high approval ratings in 2008 ( (Brewer 2012, 341). A unified government with a distinct policy agenda would seem to be a classic example of Responsible Party Government. However, the expectations of less gridlock and more legislation were from classic (Brewer 2012, 344). Party leadership was strong, but party strength was fragmented on the subject of the the healthcare bill. . Millions of dollars of pork spending were added, with a tremendous…

The United States government was created to have three equal branches, the judicial, executive, and legislative and was helped by the writing of the Constitution by James Madison. Even with these practices established, many Presidents and the government have decided and shaped United States politics by how they interpret and analyze the Constitution. Over the course of United States history all of the different political parties that arise read the Constitution in different ways and believe the…

Thomas Jefferson, one of the most popular founding fathers, the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States of America was revered by his contemporaries and is still to this day a well respected figure in American history. But, this does not mean that the man had no faults. Often in todays world Thomas Jefferson is looked back upon and has been scrutinized by many for his apparent hypocrisy on matters such as slavery and on what he believed…

halted by each individual country 's set of goals and national interest, as it is inevitable that some of their ideologies and goals would clash with other nation-states. To act fully multilaterally with other countries would turn into political gridlock over time. The extreme levels of market interdependence could also arise as a financial burden to the wealthier countries in the agreement, even on a smaller scale this has proven to be a problem with the occasional bailouts, of up to $95…

Mexican Standoff A Mexican standoff is “a situation in which no one emerges a clear winner” (“Mexican Standoff”). Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez is a satirical play in which Valdez plays on the idea of a Mexican standoff with Honest Sancho selling out his own race in a used car lot for stereotypical Mexican workers. There are no clear winners or losers in this play. In fact, it seems that all characters have gotten what they want in the end. The satirical nature of the play is pointing out the…

Arming pilots For many years the question has been asked, “is arming pilots a good idea?”. I personally believe that pilots should be but others may argue differently. The idea of arming pilots today isn’t a topic that was always thought of. As a matter of fact, the idea was proposed after the attacks on the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001. Before those attacks were carried out, the idea was unheard of. After the attacks however, this was an idea a lot of…

A Deaf Man Becomes President The time is January, in an election year. The setting my first American Sign Language class, in fact my first class at all, in over sixteen years. Before the end of class I would receive my first writing assignment; a research paper on “Deaf President Now”. Having limited experience with the deaf community, I was completely unknowledgeable on the topic. During a year with a plethora of presidential hopefuls, I assumed that “Deaf President Now,” was a campaign slogan…